Hair curler



M. DLMESEROLE.

HAIR CURLER.

APPLICAIION FILED JUNES. 1922.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

manta a... 28, 1922.

NITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

MILTON D. MESEROLE, OF MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HAYES & MESEBOLE MFG. (10., OF MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, A FIRM.

1min CURL-ER.

Application filed June 5, 1922. Serial No. 566,064.

' To all whom it may concern Be it known that .I, MILTON D. Micsnnomi, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milford, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hair Curlers;

and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying.

Fig. 1 a plan view of a hair curler constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 a side view of the same.

Fig. 3 a longitudinal sectional view there- Fig. 4 a plan view of theftip end of the tongue. Fig. 5 a side view of the same.

Fig. 6 a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 an end view, showing the ends of the frame welded together. Fig. 8 a sectional view, illustrating the J guard formed with a stoplip.

This invention relates to improvement in hair curlers, particularly those formed from wire, and is an improvement on the construction shown in Patent No. 1,416,301. These hair curlers comprise a frame formed from wire, with a tongue hinged to one end of the frame and with a slide on the frame to-engage with the outer end of. the tongue. When in use, the tongue and frame are bowed longitudinally, owing tdthe mass of hair between them, and in some cases, the tongue will slip out from the guard. One

object of. his invention is to provide means for interlocking the tongue with the guard. In my previous patent, the sides of the frame were flattened to form stops to limit the movement of the guard. This requireda separate operation and another object of this invention is to provide stops by bending the frame, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims. i a In carrying out my invention, as-in my revious patent, I preferably form the frame rom a strip of wire, the central. portion of which forms a rear bar 10, from which sides 11 and 12 project, the ends 13'and 14 being turned inward to meet and form a longitudinal, frame. Preferably, the ends 13 and 14 will be entered into a sleeve 15, which forms a stop for the purpose hereinafter describer In each of the sides, near their outer ends, I form outward. bends 16 and 17. The tongue is preferably formed from a single piece of wire doubled at the center to form a tip 18,

the ends of the tongue being formed with eyes 19 and 20, which are bentaround the.

bar 10. In my previous patent, the tip of the tonguewas flattened, but instead of flattening the tip of the tongue, I- prefer to strike the metal inward from both side sgto form notches 21 and 22. Folded aroundthe side bars, beyond the bends 16 and 17 is a slide 23, formed from a strip of metal folded into box shape and adapted to be mos d back and forth on the sides 11. and-=12, movement,

however, being arrested in'tlte inward di-.

rection by the bends 16 and 17 a iid in the outward direction by the sleeve '15. It is obvious, however, that this slide may be formed with a centrally-arranged lip 24, as

[in my previous patent, or the ends 13 and 14 of the wire may be soldered or welded togethervand upset to form projections 25 and 26, as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings, these pro ect1ons forming a stop to limit the out- }V9.I(l-.I I10Vmfi11t of the guard. The device is used in he usual way, that is, hair is folded around the one member and the other member pressed down over it, and the guard moved rearward overthe tip of the tongue. Asthe tongue is bowed'longitudinally .when in use, the edge 27 of the guard will be engaged by the notches in the tip of the tongue, these notches being suflicient to so engage with the edge ofthe guard as to become interlocked therewith, so that the tongue is not liable to spring out from the frame or to force the tongue forward, out of engagement with the tip. l

I claim:

1. A hair curler, comprising a frame, a tongue hinged thereto, and a guard shdlng on said frame, said frame formed on opguard sliding on said frame, and a tongue hinged to the frame and formed at its tip with notches adapted to engage with the edge of the guard.

3. A hair curler. comprising a frame 5 formed from a single piece of wire bent to provide a rear bar and two sides. the ends of the wire turned inward, a tongue hinged to said rear bar, said tongue formed near its tip with notches, and a slide mounted on 10 said side bars of the frame and adapted to extend over the tip of the tongue, the inner edge of the guard being engaged by the notches in the said tongue.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. I MILTON D. MESEROLE, Witnesses: I

FR DERIG C. EARLE, lVIALCOLM P. NIoHoLs.

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